By teapigs With more of us getting ready to go back into work, why not make the best reason to return to the office… the tea! Not only does your office deserve a decent brew after the year we’ve had, it’s really important that making tea is safe for everyone when they get back to […]

Drinkers will visit the pub more than six thousand times during their lifetime – enjoying 7,786 pints of lager and 5,579 packets of crisps along the way. The study of 1,000 pub goers found they will hear ‘time’ called on 1,728 occasions and those who generously tend to buy a round will do so almost […]

If you’re looking for a business travel management partner for your company the PA Life Recommended Supplier Directory is home to dozens of trusted providers ready to help. Our list of agencies covers everything from full travel management services, through to chauffeurs, helicopters and private jets – There’s something to suit every requirement. Start Your […]

PA Life publisher Forum Events & Media Group has successfully held its first virtual events, establishing a blueprint for B2B networking and conferences in the ‘new normal’. In recent weeks we’ve hosted two full-day conferences – PA Life LIVE, which brought together Executive and Personal Assistants for a full day of learning, and the Hotel Designs LIVE event, […]

Tyto’s latest ‘Cost of a London Commute’ study has shown that working from home will save workers an average of 23.5 days per year in travel time – which is the equivalent of  £10,020  in  unpaid time. Remote working also saves commuters an average of  £5,114  in travel costs, which is nearly a fifth (18%) of […]

By Gerry Nwimo, Take The Mike That Lovely Day! The facts are these they didn’t want risk! They seemed disquieted, sometimes rather brisk We thought the meeting over, the sale really dead The questions! Oh the questions! Matters not what we said! They asked more queries, plenty queries of our firm! What we’re about, were […]

Thirty-nine per cent of Brits said they are concerned about their mental and physical health being put at risk at work, with respondents taking an average of 3.5 off each year due to an illness caused by their job. Meanwhile, one in 10 people in the UK have actually taken time off work because of […]

Venues are keen to demonstrate their commitment to offering a safe environment when business meetings and events return, says the Meetings Industry Association (mia). Since its launch just over a week ago, the trade association has been inundated with applications for its new AIM Secure accreditation. The enhanced national quality accreditation for venues featuring vital infection prevention […]

Women are spending the equivalent of almost an entire month of the year worrying – and more than half said it is having an impact on their health. A study of 2,000 adults found women spend an average of almost two hours a day feeling worried or stressed, with two thirds of this time spent […]

Thirty-four per cent of companies believe that working from home is having a positive impact on employee productivity, according to new research. The Covid-19 UK business barometer, conducted by Sapio Research and B2B agency Skout, reveals that reduced travel times and changing routines have also contributed to employee effectiveness. As a result, around one in […]

Gleneagles, one of Scotland’s most iconic hotels and sporting estates, will reopen its doors on July 15th, pending final guidance and advice from the Scottish government. The hotel has been working around the clock to carefully review its entire operation to develop a meticulous new set of safety protocols. A number of adjustments have been […]

Most PAs and business travel arrangers will only resume booking business travel if their organisation deems it safe to do so, according to a ‘State of the Market’ study by SME specialist travel provider Corporate Traveller. They will also take a phased approach to resuming domestic and international business travel over the next 12 months. […]

Half (50.6%) of UK businesses will limit the number of people in the office to adhere to social distancing rules, while a staggering 88% of employees are not comfortable using public transport to commute in 2020. That’s according to research from HR software specialist Breathe in conjunction with Posture People and HR Central, which polled 482 senior business leaders […]

Sixty-two per cent employees who can work from home would be happy if their office remained closed indefinitely after lockdown measures are lifted, despite a sustained drop in Covid-19 cases, while one in five (21%) claimed to be ‘extremely happy’ at the prospect of working permanently from home. That’s according to a new study commissioned […]

Throughout lockdown we ran FOUR amazing competitions for PA Life Club Members – and now we’re ready to reveal the winners! Competition One: For the first, we gave members the chance to win a round of crazy golf & cocktails for 4 people at Swingers! Swingers takes crazy golf from the 1920’s British seaside, Tanqueray […]

Forum Events & Media Group, publisher of PA Life, has successfully held its first virtual networking events – with over 550 individual meetings taking place within the security industry over the course of two days via virtual events. We are also delighted to confirm that the PA Life Summit, which takes place on September 7th, […]

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The CHS Group has committed to ‘going live’ with its first ever CHS Birmingham exhibition, which is set to take place on October 27th at the ICC Birmingham. The new event was launched in the autumn last year, and with many industry events already cancelled or moving to hybrid formats, the group has confirmed that […]